Sarcasm its good for the soul

I feel like this is a good metaphor
for my week last week

Last week was a L O N G week.

And this week seems to be no shorter.

That is my excuse for not writing and I am sticking to it.

I have had many many many requests as of late to share more about my life, what I do everyday and I am sorry to say ladies and gentleman that is not possible. Truly everyday here at DCM is unique and you never know whats going to happen.

Its just so cute and I am having fur
withdrawals, I just wanna cuddle with
kitty 

Some days I have clubs (which is either where I help the kids do their homework, or christian club which I haven't totally experienced yet seeing as we just continually having parties in which chaos reigns.)

Other days I can be found in the office surfing the Internet for wildly exciting things like first aid supplies.

If this were last week I could also be found locked in the boardroom doing hard labor of stuffing newsletters into a never ending stack of envelopes.

Etc.

Can we talk about how its snowed like
10 times since I got here. I am
cursed

I tell you every day is different and truly its amazing. Even something as tedious and terrible as stuffing envelopes can be made fun with the people here, its a time of laughter, sarcasm, singing, jokes, and even sometimes meaningful talk.

That is my everyday life here.

Brilliant, Mad, and all things good.

View out of our kitchen at the snow falling

HEY!

I am terribly sorry I have kept you all waiting, Dublin is brilliant. Seriously though life has already just kind of started, I am settling in really fast which is wonderful.

Alysia (the roomy) waiting for coffee on a
break from meetings

My week has consisted of many trips to the numerous coffee shops around us, they are all unique and many have a great atmosphere that is begging you to sit down and enjoy. I have also been to the grocery store more times than I would like to think about. It has rained, snowed, the sun has shined and there has been incredible amounts of fog. My flat is lovely and I will someday show pictures but its not yet ready for that but hopefully soon.

the snow in our window box

I have also been in clubs everyday and met more kids than I can remember their names for, I have been in meetings and learned about the different policies that are apart of DCM. 

Liesel and I at the Calgary airport on our way

So overall its been a productive and wonderful week.

To have life and to have it to the full

Best breakfast ever!!!!

Breakfast with a great childhood friend
Quality time spent with the family
Broken down cars on the side of the highway
Blizzards
Colds
No homework done

The perfect last weekend in Calgary

This weekend was perfect, almost nothing went according to plan. In fact all of my plans for the next few days are pretty much out the window however I wouldn't change a thing. Here's a true fact, life is not perfect, it never will be.
As people we have a bad habit of romanticizing things, thinking that some place or thing or person has or will make everything perfect. The reality nothing is perfect, however things can be really really good, that has been my life for the past six months. There were hard days but overall they have not outweighed the good, because I chose to believe Gods promises. That God wants us to have life and have it to the full. So I have tried to live believe in that promise and that's why Ireland will be good, because its were God wants me to be, so I am choosing to say yes and live my life there. I will choose life, so there will be good days and there will be hard days but I am going to do my best to remember to remember the promises made. To look around me and see the blessings instead of clutter that tends to take our focus off whats important.
So why was this crazy weekend good, because if it were perfect I would forget why I am leaving. I am leaving because God always writes a better story for me than I write for myself. This weekend reminded me to count my blessings to enjoy every second I have here and then to enjoy the next great adventure He has set before me.

T-minus 4 days until takeoff